Our New House: Kid's Loft Fort

At the beginning of Christmas Break the kids found their 1st gift. 

The plans to their new play house with a Home Depot gift card to pay for it, so they could be apart of building it over break! Jenna especially has loved learning to build, and we feel it helps the kids appreciate their home more when they are apart of the building process!

 The week leading up to Christmas Mike and his elves worked on turning

 the corner of our loft into a fort

 Grandma Sue came over to help too

 I just love how Mike was willing to make most anything an opportunity for the kids to learn and be a part of things even when it is more work. 

We used left over siding from our play house outside (that matches our house)

 And made sure it was sturdy enough for them to have a comfortable place to hangout

By Christmas it was "done enough" for us to hide some gifts in :)

Before the building started I picked out some fabric for Grandma April and Papa Paul to have made into couch pillows, a rug, curtains, and big pillows for the fort. 

If you ever need similar things made Indigo Bird is such a great store, and the quality is amazing!

Slowly but surly (while the kids watched shows) Mike and I finished painting

 I added a magnet wall... that paint sucks in case you are wondering!

But now all the magnets can get off my fridge ;)

Now they have a fun little place to play. 

The game of choise most days is restaurant 

 To have a place to showcase all of the art that the kids bring home and make at home

 we made an art corner

 we added a cork board to hang any awards and notes of praise

and a mermaid fabric board that Jenna likes to change each day 

 Here is an up close of the fun pillows 

 and the curtains 

 I found some cubby boxes for their toys that match the zebra on the pillows perfectly

 The big pillows (made to match the rug) mostly stay up on the loft for cuddling,

 and the kids have a box for books and their white board up there.

I am so very happy with how this area turned out, and enjoy all the fun the kids and their friends have been having up there this winter!